From: Richard.Kirkcaldy@IC24.net
Date: Thu May 10 2001 - 21:54:23 CEST
>
> That would result in whoever started X becomeing root after X starts.
> Not a good thing.
>
Oops, never thought about that... guess I have a long way to go in
learning linux security.
Does vnc work as none root, you could do that at a pinch - though
obviously it is not ideal.
> Hi,
> chmod +s /usr/X11/bin/startx should do it as root shouldn't it? I
> use RedHat most of the time now, and I don't remember having problems
> starting x, so you'll have to check the exact path to startx. The
> ownership of startx here is:-
>
> [richard@kirkcaldy richard]$ ls -al /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.4k Sep 24 1999
> /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
>
>
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